Not in overtimes of Gold Medal games do you call the original penalty on Canada nor the slap in the goalie pads as a make up. They should have been allowed to play.

IIHF referees have been terrible in the U20/U18 tournaments as of late and today's was another prime example of taking over crucial games instead of letting the competitors go at it even strength.

The ultimate outcome was taken out of the hands of the two teams. Awful!

I don't know,that check to the side of the net should have been a penalty,imo for womens hockey,gold medal game or not.The slap on the pads on the other hand was a joke,no penalty.

A matter of opinion - neither should be a penalty. On top of getting rid of the shootout, I think someone like Bill McCreary and/or Terry Gregson should instruct/consult on how a game like that, elimination rounds, should be reffed late in the 3rd period and in OT. Pull up U20/U18 elimination games the past few years and you can see where I come from.

The only thing that should have been called is the penalty shot, that was obvious.

What was terrible was how the USA folded in crunch time. Classic choke job.

And yet you come to a US based website to brag and boast. Should Canada win the Gold, will you be going to a Swedish website to post of your victory as well?

Obviously not. I just wanted to point out how pathetic you've become.

(not that everyone isn't already aware of it)

Speaking of classless and pathetic, u come on this site and bash womens hockey (over and over) simply because the quality is not on par with the mens. These athletes are giving it there all and are representing your country and all you can do is insult them.

Speaking of classless and pathetic, u come on this site and bash womens hockey (over and over) simply because the quality is not on par with the mens. These athletes are giving it there all and are representing your country and all you can do is insult them.

At least I'm consistent! We're much alike there, pauly1.

I come here and talk a lot of hockey, some off topic fun stuff and insult women's hockey.

Speaking of classless and pathetic, u come on this site and bash womens hockey (over and over) simply because the quality is not on par with the mens. These athletes are giving it there all and are representing your country and all you can do is insult them.

At least I'm consistent! We're much alike there, pauly1.

I come here and talk a lot of hockey, some off topic fun stuff and insult women's hockey.

I'm sure people enjoyed the outcome, but I'm not sure if it was a great game. It was a fast game (time wise) with no real excitement save for a few instances. Each team was so careful, I don't even know if there were any odd man rushes.

I do find it comical when people try the "remind the guy of that game to bother him" schtick. One of Rusty Trombone's alter ego's posts stuff about the loss to Chicago to "get me". I'm an adult. Sports is a distraction and in no way affects my real life. If hockey disappeared tomorrow, my life would remain exactly the same overall. I'd have this same condo, same job, same family...who cares.

I thought you always said complaining about the reffing was lame,what gives?

People here cry when a ref misses a call in a game.

The refs in the game today didn't miss a call. They did their jobs poorly. The takedown at the end was a penalty shot in every league in the world every single time it happens. The refs were afraid to call it.

The call at the net was right. It was a roughing call on Canada. Five seconds later they hand out the biggest make up call I have ever seen in my life.

People here cry about the refs disliking the Bruins or the league wanting to give Team A the advantage. This isn't about that at all.

They didn't make mistakes. They suck at their job.

This is why they should have professinals reffing even the women, like in Vancouver. If the best ref is a women then ave her ref, if it's a man then he should. Just like in the Women's Olympic soccer. IOC is a joke !

It's quite obvious that your problem is with women in general and not their game which can be very entertaining if you give it a chance. CANADA CANADA CANADA

I tried, man. I watched almost all of that game today. Terrible passing, turnover central, weak shots that almost always miss the net, too many girls on the ice etc. Just a bad game. Looked more like our JV team from high school, and I rarely had a chance to see them.

I disagree. don't go watching the game to expect a mans hockey game. They're competitors , all heart and nice to see. they work really hard to make it to this game and don't go back to millions like the men. Maybe yur mindset is wrong going into these games.